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it's been used in the last six years. each one of those objections takes a week of the senate's time, and so since they're already 400 weeks in six years, you can start to see how this is completely paralyzed the senate from doing the business that it needs to be doing on appropriation bills, on authorizing bills and bills that address the big issues facing america. >> jim, to bring our panel in here, the brennan senate for justice has interesting stats out. the current senate passed a 2.8% of bills introduced to the chamber, which is a 90% decrease from the high of 1955 to 1956. certainly the filibuster isn't helping move things along, but i always go back to this excellent article that george packer wrote in "the new yorker" in 2010 which talks about how everything is broken sort of beyond just parliamentary procedure. he wrote "encome bered with aides prod bid hourly jolts from electronic media, racing from the hearing room to the caucus, talking to politico on the record -- i'm just kidding -- lunch in the airports. s
it's been used in the last six years. each one of those objections takes a week of the senate's time, and so since they're already 400 weeks in six years, you can start to see how this is completely paralyzed the senate from doing the business that it needs to be doing on appropriation bills, on authorizing bills and bills that address the big issues facing america. >> jim, to bring our panel in here, the brennan senate for justice has interesting stats out. the current senate passed a...
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it used to be 24%. now it's 11.8%. >> unions are reeling, and the more states that enact measures like this, the more unions will be reeling. their penetration, the private sector is something like 7% of the private sector work force is unionized, and i have to say -- i don't use words like this very often, i thought some of the governor's comments were kind of orwelian to suggest this was a pro-worker move. it's clearly a move that may help businesses, but what a kick in the teeth to autoworkers unions, who as you correctly point d out, gave a lot back to help the auto industry get back on its feet, the notion that we had to do this now with this lame-duck session because they raised it in some other proposition is bizarre to me, and the notion that this is ask autoworkers in michigan whether they would be better off with or without unions, of course, their bargaining position is stronger with unions, and -- but unions aren't going to survive when people have a choice whether that anttis up the dues or
it used to be 24%. now it's 11.8%. >> unions are reeling, and the more states that enact measures like this, the more unions will be reeling. their penetration, the private sector is something like 7% of the private sector work force is unionized, and i have to say -- i don't use words like this very often, i thought some of the governor's comments were kind of orwelian to suggest this was a pro-worker move. it's clearly a move that may help businesses, but what a kick in the teeth to...
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stay in touch with us. thanks. >>> still to come tonight, we have frank rich here for the interview. we have some good news, we have some bad news, and some very exciting news about something that somebody from msnbc did on television that was really awesome. stay with us. , almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i love you, too. >>> good news and bad news. let's start with the good. you may remember our coverage from a few weeks ago about hurricane sandy doing a number on the veterans hospital in manhattan. a lot of hospitals took it bad in this storm. but veterans hospital took it really bad. the basement and the ground floor were totally flooded. their only mri machine was lost
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he used to be my boss i guess. but this is a story that -- >> nothing to do with the story. >> always bothered me. there was a chapter in a book written about how he got in harvard and basically they said academically unqualified and the father gave money to harvard and gets in to harvard and thinking of whether it east krystal's kid or toure's kid but does the right things growing up to position themselves in to harvard, how big of a problem is it buying a way in or legacies, you know, the children of alumni and maybe not that qualified, how many spots are they eating up from people who should be taking them? >> well, i don't think it's a huge problem because, frankly, i don't think most people have millions and millions of dollars to contribute to top schools. the truth is schools do survive based on, you know, how large their endowments are. schools can't improve their programs, private schools can't, without the funds to be able to, you know, create state of the art facilities, to hire top-notch teacher talent
he used to be my boss i guess. but this is a story that -- >> nothing to do with the story. >> always bothered me. there was a chapter in a book written about how he got in harvard and basically they said academically unqualified and the father gave money to harvard and gets in to harvard and thinking of whether it east krystal's kid or toure's kid but does the right things growing up to position themselves in to harvard, how big of a problem is it buying a way in or legacies, you...
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>> he lied to us. he lied to us on numerous occasions. >> veto! veto! >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> the protests were passionate and grew tense. in this video from the state's aclu, you can see police actually using pepper spray on some of the demonstrators. the issue in michigan is the republican legislature ramming through a so-called right to work bill. with no warning and no hearings. but the fight is bigger than michigan. it's a fight about worker rights and civil rights across the country. this country, the american people, rejected this kind of extremism on election day. but republicans didn't get the message. gop lawmakers ignored the outcry in the halls of the capitol to pass two bills they hope will devastate both public and private sector unions. >> they have been shut out completely. the people have been shut out of this discussion. >> it has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely. and this is absolute evidence. >> so what this is is a victory for people like dick de voss, mitt romney, the koch brothers, and other corporate ceos who believe t
>> he lied to us. he lied to us on numerous occasions. >> veto! veto! >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> the protests were passionate and grew tense. in this video from the state's aclu, you can see police actually using pepper spray on some of the demonstrators. the issue in michigan is the republican legislature ramming through a so-called right to work bill. with no warning and no hearings. but the fight is bigger than michigan. it's a fight about worker rights and...
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this is going to inspire us and galvanize us. the only way you're going to recreate michigan or any state is if everyone is at the table. right-to-work is bad for everyone. it's bad for union, not union. but one thing it is going to be good for right now, it's going to show working people in the state of michigan that we in fact need to be at the table, that we can't have outside organizations or legislatures or governors who think that they have all the answers and they don't want to include everyone in the discussion. that's not the way you recreate a state. that's not the way you contribute in a global economy. workers have a lot to offer. it's unfortunate that governor snyder didn't get that. >> congressman gary peters, cindy estrada, uaw, great to have you with us. >>> stay tuned. we'll tell you exactly where they're going in the next fight. >>> and we are back. president obama defined the so-called right laws as the right to work for less. we invited our viewers on twitter and facebook to tell us what right-to-work means to
this is going to inspire us and galvanize us. the only way you're going to recreate michigan or any state is if everyone is at the table. right-to-work is bad for everyone. it's bad for union, not union. but one thing it is going to be good for right now, it's going to show working people in the state of michigan that we in fact need to be at the table, that we can't have outside organizations or legislatures or governors who think that they have all the answers and they don't want to include...
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president, for joining us tonight. a lot of viewers are well younger because they don't remember the fights after world war ii and all that fight about right to work and whether states should have a right to pass these laws. make your case quite simply. why should a worker be forced to join a union? >> well, let's start out with the facts. no worker in america is forced to join a union. the national labor re-elections act say that any worker -- our uaw constitution says any worker who does not want to be a member, does not have to be. they still work. the question here really is do citizens in a community pay their fair share of the police, the fire, the snow removal, any of the services they get from that community? yes, they do. i want to ask governor snyder, is he -- >> no, no. bob, let me ask you the question. i know you had fun with me on that one. in other words, you have to pay the equivalent of the dues even if you're not a member of the union, right? you're forced to do it in order to work. >> you don't have t
president, for joining us tonight. a lot of viewers are well younger because they don't remember the fights after world war ii and all that fight about right to work and whether states should have a right to pass these laws. make your case quite simply. why should a worker be forced to join a union? >> well, let's start out with the facts. no worker in america is forced to join a union. the national labor re-elections act say that any worker -- our uaw constitution says any worker who...
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here's what the latest polling has shown us. that as you eliminate citizenship, actually, the support of those of us born in the united states actually arose because they see this as very important to them, and so whether it's senator menendez or rubio, whether it's me and others in the house of representatives, look, we're working to bring this about. gone are the days of self-deportation. we understand that 12 million people and we're trying to incorporate them fully. >> democratic congressman luis gutierrez, thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >> that's going to wrap things up for me. i'll see you tomorrow. now comes up next "now" from our nation's capitol.
here's what the latest polling has shown us. that as you eliminate citizenship, actually, the support of those of us born in the united states actually arose because they see this as very important to them, and so whether it's senator menendez or rubio, whether it's me and others in the house of representatives, look, we're working to bring this about. gone are the days of self-deportation. we understand that 12 million people and we're trying to incorporate them fully. >> democratic...
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i used to use a fork. >> get the fork out of here. >> i own your shake down. your shake down is for ketchup, mayonnaise, peanut butter in just eight seconds! >> that cookbook won't stay open, takes up counter space and a mess. introdu introducing the way to keep the recipe with you. >> good morning. it's tuesday, december 11th. welcome to "morning joe." you like that, barnicle? >> i do. >> all right. wake up now. with us on set we have msnbc contributor, mick barnicle, former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst. steve brattner. >> he came with charts. willie, do you have a chart? >> no. >> he's disturbed. i don't know if you heard this. has he done this to you? >> we have two obesity stories we have to get to. we're not going to break. >> stalling right now. >> the filibuster reform should be passed but not passed yet. our executive producer, alex, comes up to me this morning. like the syndrome, you stay here long enough start walking with a strut. alex corson, hey, call me acc 47. >> he's getting bold. >> yes! >> is that like a phil cavens th
i used to use a fork. >> get the fork out of here. >> i own your shake down. your shake down is for ketchup, mayonnaise, peanut butter in just eight seconds! >> that cookbook won't stay open, takes up counter space and a mess. introdu introducing the way to keep the recipe with you. >> good morning. it's tuesday, december 11th. welcome to "morning joe." you like that, barnicle? >> i do. >> all right. wake up now. with us on set we have msnbc...